Mary Steenburgen
Born 1953
Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and songwriter. After studying at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse in the 1970s, she made her professional acting debut in the Western comedy film Goin' South (1978). Steenburgen went on to earn critical acclaim for her role in Time After Time (1979) and Jonathan Demme's comedy-drama film Melvin and Howard (1…
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The Dink(2026)
as Candace
Last Train to Fortune(2025)
Easy's Waltz(2025)
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic(2023)
as Self
Book Club: The Next Chapter(2023)
as Carol
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl(2022)
as Self
Nightmare Alley(2021)
as Mrs. Kimball
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas(2021)
as Maggie Clarke
Happiest Season(2020)
as Tipper
30 Rock: A One-Time Special(2020)
as Mary Steenburgen
Flannery(2019)
as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
Antiquities(2019)
as Dr. Margot
Book Club(2018)
as Carol
Katie Says Goodbye(2018)
as Maybelle
I Do... Until I Don't(2017)
as Cybil Burger
The Discovery(2017)
as Interviewer
The Book of Love(2017)
as Julia Mureaux
Dean(2016)
as Carol
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow(2015)
as Aunt Cly
A Walk in the Woods(2015)
as Jeannie
7 Days in Hell(2015)
as Louisa Poole
The One I Love(2014)
as Mom (voice)
Song One(2014)
as Karen Ellis
Last Vegas(2013)
as Diana Boyle
Brahmin Bulls(2013)
as Helen West
Outlaw Country(2012)
as Anastasia Lee
The Help(2011)
as Elaine Stein
Fight for Your Right Revisited(2011)
as Café Patron
Tales from the Future(2010)
as Self
Dirty Girl(2010)
as Peggy
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story(2010)
as Mrs. Yankovic
Did You Hear About the Morgans?(2009)
as Emma Wheeler
Clarkworld(2009)
as Self
The Proposal(2009)
as Grace Paxton
In the Electric Mist(2009)
as Bootsie Robicheaux
The Open Road(2009)
as Katherine
Four Christmases(2008)
as Marilyn
Step Brothers(2008)In catalog
as Nancy Huff
The Brave One(2007)
as Carol
Honeydripper(2007)
as Amanda Winship
Numb(2007)
as Dr. Blaine
Nobel Son(2007)
as Sarah Michaelson
Elvis & Anabelle(2007)
as Geneva Leigh
Inland Empire(2006)
as Visitor #2
The Dead Girl(2006)
as Leah's Mother
O Lucky Malcolm!(2006)
as Self
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School(2006)
as Marienne Hotchkiss
Remembering Ragtime(2004)
as Mother (archive footage)
It Must Be Love(2004)
as Clem Gazelle
Elf(2003)
as Emily
Casa de los Babys(2003)
as Gayle
Hope Springs(2003)
as Joanie Fisher
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood(2003)
as Mary
Sunshine State(2002)
as Francine Pinkney
Wish You Were Dead(2002)
as Sally Rider
Living with the Dead(2002)
as Detective Karen Condrin
I Am Sam(2001)
as Dr. Blake
Life as a House(2001)
as Colleen Beck
The Trumpet of the Swan(2001)
as Mother (voice)
Nobody's Baby(2001)
as Estelle
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story(2000)
Picnic(2000)
as Rosemary Sydney
Noah's Ark(1999)
as Naamah
About Sarah(1998)
as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
The Grass Harp(1996)
as Sister Ida
Nixon(1995)
as Hannah Nixon
Powder(1995)
as Jessie Caldwell
My Family(1995)
as Gloria
Pontiac Moon(1994)
as Katherine Bellamy
It Runs in the Family(1994)
as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
Clifford(1994)
as Sarah Davis
Philadelphia(1993)
as Belinda Conine
What's Eating Gilbert Grape(1993)
as Betty Carver
Earth and the American Dream(1992)
as Reader (voice)
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas(1991)
as Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
The Butcher's Wife(1991)
as Stella Keefover
The Long Walk Home(1990)
as Narrator (voice)
- Film
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret(1990)
as Self
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy(1990)
as Self
Back to the Future Part III(1990)
as Clara Clayton
Parenthood(1989)
as Karen Buckman
- Film
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre(1989)
as Self (voice)
Miss Firecracker(1989)
as Elaine Rutledge
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank(1988)
as Miep Gies
The Whales of August(1987)
as Young Sarah
End of the Line(1987)
as Rose Pickett
Dead of Winter(1987)
as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
One Magic Christmas(1985)
as Ginny Grainger
Little Red Riding Hood(1983)
as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
Romantic Comedy(1983)
as Phoebe Craddock
Cross Creek(1983)
as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy(1982)
as Adrian
Ragtime(1981)
as Mother
Melvin and Howard(1980)
as Lynda Dummar
Time After Time(1979)
as Amy Robbins
Goin' South(1978)
as Julia Tate
Let's Have Kids!
as Sue
- Film
A Dog’s Perfect Christmas
as Claire
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